can my hs affect my chances of getting in?

GoldOwl
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:53:40 +0000

Not necessarily b/c colleges will definitely take into consider the courses offered at your school (there is a space on CommonApp for counselor to fill out how many honors and APs are offered). What they really want to know is, “have you take the toughest course load possible”. For example, a student who has taken 3 APs when his/her school only offers 3 is better off than a student who has taken 5 APs when his/her school offers 15. They definitely won’t hold your school’s lack of AP classes against you. To improve your chances, I would say make sure you take a challenging senior courseload and try to get good grades (at least 1st semester), get good teacher recs, and write some amazing essays.